Outreach Activities
Interviews & Conversations
2012-03-05   STEMinist
2011-02-05   That Elusive Clarity
2009-06-23   Planetary Society
2009-06-16   KQED Forum
2008-12-12   AAUW Dialog
2006-08-30   NASA Quest
Workshops & Outreach Activities
2004-2010 Presenter American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County sponsored “Tech Time Science Club for Girls,” a Monday evening 2-hour workshop series focusing on hands-on activities for a group of 30-40 Girl Scouts, grades 4-6.  
  1. My workshops have been:

    “Spectroscopy: Fingerprints of Light” (2004 & 2006)
    “Infrared Light: More than Your Eyes Can See” (2005 & 2007)
    “Impact Crater Formation on the Moon” (2009)
    “Engineering Design Practices at NASA.” (2010)
2011 NASA Ames STEP Program, Interactive presentation: LCROSS and NASA mission design, 30-35 middle/high school students, ages 10-18 (May 2011)
2011     NASA Career Chat with members of the National Science Teachers Association and their students; Webinar, 100+ students, 5+ teachers, (Apr 19, 2011)
2010 International Observer the Moon Festival in Boulder, CO; Interactive LCROSS/LRO video presentation, hands-on activities, 50+ people, adults and kids. (October 2010)
2010     Career Day, King’s Academy, Sunnyvale (Feb 18, 2010)
2010 NASA Speakers Bureau, Sacramento Astronomy Club (Feb 19, 2010)
2009 NLSI/Luna Philosophie talk and interaction, San Francisco (September 23, 2009)
2009    General talk, Montessori school, College Ave, Palo Alto (July 24, 2009)
2009     Spoke to the Young Lunar Scientist group, NLSI, (July 20, 2009)
2009 Moonfest volunteer, NASA Ames, (July 19, 2009)
2009     NASA Speakers Bureau, Millbrae Summer School Program (July 17, 2009)
2009     Girl Scout tour for Laura Lewis, NASA Ames (July 15, 2009)
2001-2004     5th grade presenter, schools CA & NJ on “A Beginner’s Guide to Infrared Astronomy,” “General Astronomy” and “What It is Like to be a NASA Scientist”
2001     Space Camp California presenter “Playing with Cool Space Toys for Space Astronomy,” Space Camp grades 7-8 participants.
1996-1998 Presenter on CCDs, optical telescopes, and general astronomy topics for the National Science Week, Cambridge, UK, through Cambridge University and the Association of Women in Science and Engineering (AWISE).
Videos that Inspire Me
‘NASA-The Frontier is Everywhere’
created by Reid Gower (2011) with narration by Carl Sagan [3min11s]
‘Earth TimeLapse View from ISS’ video by Michael Koenig (2011) [5 min]
Last Modified Sunday, April 1, 2012